2ManyCurves's Journal, 14 July 2014

What are your calorie and carb goals? 

Calorie goal is no more than 1500 per day with a carb goal of 100 net per day. I have been too high on both lately though. Even with higher intake, I am still showing a deficit though which should have put me down at least 3 pounds for the month so far. 

I got to a point where, no matter how much I ate, I wasn't losing or gaining - for 4 months. I decided I was at my set point weight and was in maintenance. Our bodies don't always comply with what we want, even if they should according to how much we eat and exercise. I wish you luck with trying to lose the remainder of your weight. Just don't get frustrated and give up. 

Have you heard of carb cycling? I haven't given it a go yet but it sounds like a good idea. Might give your metabolism the boost it needs to get to burning. 

Don't give up you've come to far and you will succeed. God Bless! :) 

Oh my ... I could have written this. I know mine is up because of the way my pants fit. So I'm back to recording food for a while to try to see where I'm going off path. 

Thank you all for the comments. Christy---I'm fairly short (5'4) and still a good 40 pounds from my goal weight. I could see if I held tight at 150 (and I think I would eventually be content at that weight even if I didn't reach goal as I do have quite a bit of visible muscle mass), but I just don't think 170s could really be my set point in light of my height. I do remember that when I was gaining weight, I was in the 170s for what seemed like years. So maybe this is just a comfort zone for my body. I will also note that I feel like my body has learned to be extremely efficient with what it is given to work with. If I were a horse, I'd be referred to as an "Easy Keeper." My resting HR is 52 bpm. Hauling ass and sweating like a *lady of the night* in church will pop me up to 119 bmp. (I'm trying to curtail my sailor mouth) In my very unscientific mind, I do feel like my body is not burning as many calories because I have trained it to subsist on less and burn more efficiently. Yet, I don't want to drop down to 1000-1200 calories per day because I am already feeling fairly fatigued by 2pm daily. Yolanda--I will research carb cycling. I've heard it mentioned a few times. Why not? I guess the worse that can happen is I go up a pound or two and then figure out it isn't working. In looking at my food diary, I am seeing a lot of fruit and ice cream. The RDI is not way out of whack, but sugars are probably higher than necessary. I start the sugar challenge next week. Also, check out how many packs of M&Ms I ate last week? DUH! LOL. I think I need that sugar challenge more than I realize, but I may try to eliminate fruit that week too. I really do not need to consume more than 2 servings of fruit per day or more than one ice cream every two weeks. Bella, I guess the good thing about logging is you can go back and look at all the damage you've done and try to remember to do better.  

Chris Powell is big on carb cycling, and the foundation is based that you have a few high carb days, I think on days that you strength train, and lower carb days when you are just doing cardio. With your activity level I wouldn't dare drop your intake below 1500, maybe even closer to 1800. Switch up your diet to healthier whole grain carbs, maybe try eating your biggest meal of the day in the morning. I think your body is most definitely conserving what it has. Carb cycling might be just what you need. Worth a shot, right :) You're one bad ass woman, you'll break through this. 

Don't worry about the scale as much. By what you have said you are likely building some really nice muscle! Remember muscle burn fat. So don't be surprised that you are going to be holding a bit on the scale. You carry both for a bit and then your muscle will win out and burn the fat of and your body will have to re-adjust and you'll slim down again and it'll come up on the scale as such. Redo your RDI If you have lost you might need to drop a few calories as well. Good luck!